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United Sres Paten-t f- WINDOW CURTAIN Ida H. Loos, Indiana, Pa.

Application January 30, 1956, Serial No. 562,133

2 Claims. (Cl. 1611-126) The present invention is directed in general towindow curtains suspended from hangers such as rods disposed above thewindow and more specifically to such curtains as are mounted in pairs inadjustable overlapping relation upon a single hanger or curtain rod of apair of such rods, thus leaving the outer rod of the pair free for thehanging of draperies.

Curtain rods for suspension of curtains in front of residential windowsare well known in the art. The design and arrangement of such rods vary.Special designs may be obtained but commercially available designsinclude a single rod extending between end supports or two such rodsdisposed in substantially horizontal spaced relation from common endsupports. A pair of curtains to be suspended in spaced or abuttingrelation in. a single plane may conveniently be mounted on a single rod.When however the curtains of a pair are to be suspended in overlappingrelation, their present design is such as to require each curtain to bemounted upon a separate rod. Such arrangement of curtains is referred toas criss-cross curtains and are well known in the art.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a pair ofcurtains which may be mounted upon a single rod in abutting or inoverlapped criss-cross relation.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a pair of curtainswhen so mounted to be adjustable in the degree of overlapping.

These and other objects of the invention will be made apparent from thefollowing description of the invention, and the drawing forming a partthereof wherein:

Fig. 1 shows in elevation a pair of curtains of the invention mounted incriss-cross relation upon a single rod;

Fig. 2 shows in enlarged detail a portion of the top of a curtaincomprising the header and means for mounting the curtain upon thecurtain rod;

Fig. 3 shows a section on lines III--III of Fig. 2;

Figs. 4 and 5 show a cross section through the curtain and rod inrelation to the several curtains of the pair as shown by lines IV-IV andV-V of Fig. 1.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the pair of curtains of Fig. 1comprises the left hand curtain 1 and the right hand curtain 2' mountedin overlapping relation at 3. These curtains 1 and 2 are mounted on. asingle curtain rod 4 which may be of any suitable design and supportedat its ends by any of the well known methods. The rod 4 is connectedwith the curtain in spaced relation to the top thereof to provide thecurtain header 5, which may be formed by folding one end 6 of thecurtain inwardly as in Fig. 3. The curtain rod receiving loops 7 andstraps 8 extend inwardly of the curtain from the bottom of the header asshown in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 2 shows the straps 8 to be wider than loops7 and the loops 7 as disposed between the straps. Both the loops andstraps may be of a single thickness of material having a hem 9 at eachend thereof and attached to the curtains by stitching extending throughlCe the hem and "curtain. One end of each loop and st'r'a'p preferablyoverlaps the lower edge of curtain 'portion 6 and the stitching extendsthrough the four plies of curtain material. At one longitudinal side ofeach curtain 1 and 2 is a suitable ruie 10 and at the oppositelongitudinal side of the curtain is a hem 11. Each curtain 1 and 2 maybe draped by suitable tie-backs 12.

The curtains 1 and 2 as mounted on the rod 4 have the ruies 10 disposedat the inner edge of each curtain of the pair. By reason of the sewinghems being disposed on the face of the curtain towards the window, thecurtains are made right and left handed. The curtain 1 has the straps 8and loops 7 on the front side and the curtain 2 has the straps 8 andloops 7 on the rear side as viewed from inside the room. The rod 4 maybe inserted through the loops and straps of the curtain by starting atthe right side as in Fig. 1. The rod may be first inserted through theloops 7 and straps 8 of curtain 1 until it meets the overlying curtain 2and the rod is entered through the first strap 8 of curtain 2.Thereafter the rod is alternately engaged with a loop of curtain 1 and astrap of curtain 2 until the rod extends through curtain 1. Thereafterthe rod 4 is inserted through the remaining loops or straps of curtain 2until it extends past the curtain 2. The rod may then be suspended abovethe window and the tie-backs 12l attached to separate the curtains as inFig. 1.

The degree of overlap 3 of curtains 1 and 2 may be varied at any timebefore insertion of rod 4 into the upper curtain or curtain 2 of Fig. l.After the rod is inserted, the degree of overlap may be varied bywithdrawing rod 4 from curtain 2 and making the desired adjustment.Although curtains 1 and 2 are shown mounted on rod 4 without verticalpleats, it will be obvious that such may be done, if desired, byskipping the necessary number of straps or loops to form the desireddepth of pleat. It will also be apparent that, if desired, the loops 7may be omitted entirely and the rod passed alternately through a strapof one curtain and a strap of the overlapping curtain to obtain the sameeffect as when using both loop and straps.

While I have shown and described the presently preferred form of myinvention, wherein ruflles are applied to only one longitudinal edge ofeach curtain, such rule may also be applied to both longitudinal edges.Where desired the rutile may also be applied across the top of eachcurtain or on all four sides of the curtain. The mounting loops andstraps of each curtain may be engaged with the same curtain rod in anydesired sequence to accommodate such ruies as are disposed across thetop of the curtain.

I claim:

1. A pair of curtains for mounting in overlapping relation upon a singlecurtain hanging rod, comprising a first curtain having a plurality ofseparate substantially abutting hanging rod receiving members secured tothe back of the body of the curtain adjacent the top margin thereof andextending between the side margins of the curtain, a second curtainadapted for partially underlying the rst curtain and having separatesubstantially abutting hanging rod receiving members secured to thefront face of the second curtain between the side margins thereof andadjacent the top margin in alignment with those of the first curtain,all said curtain hanging rod receiving members at the non-overlappingportions receiving and Afully enclosing the hanging rod and said rodreceiving members of the overlapping curtain portions alternatelyreceiving the hanging rod in a said member of the rst curtain and in asaid member of the second curtain, whereby the unused rod receivingmembers of each curtain at the overlapped curtain portions are disposedbetween the hanging rod and the body of the curtain.

2. The pair of curtains as defined in claim 1 wherein References Citedin the file of this patent the curtain rod hanging members of eachcurtain are alternately comprised of a narrow loop member and a UNITEDSTATES PATENTS wider strap member, said members being. exible and2,012,097 Goodman Aug. 20, 1935 deectable towards or away from thecurtain. 5 2,410,662 Kahn Nov. 5, 1946

